Swartz et al v. The Coca-Cola Company et al

  1. August 04, 2023

    The Biggest Enviro Cases To Watch In 2023: Midyear Report

    Courts around the U.S. will be weighing important environmental legal issues over the rest of 2023, including how much courts should defer to agency expertise, whether young plaintiffs can sue the U.S. over its energy policies and whether the Biden administration has overstepped in its efforts to enforce its environmental justice priorities.

  2. July 27, 2023

    Coke Beats '100% Recyclable' Bottle Suit For 2nd Time

    A California federal judge has tossed for a second time a proposed class action accusing Coca-Cola and bottling companies of falsely touting their plastic bottles as "100% recyclable," noting the plaintiffs' second attempt "again does not plausibly allege that defendants' recycling allegations are actionable," but granting them one last try.

  3. January 10, 2023

    Coke Asks Judge To Discard '100% Recyclable' Bottle Suits

    Coca-Cola and two major bottled water producers asked a California federal judge to permanently toss an amended proposed class action accusing them of falsely advertising their single-use plastic bottles as being "100% recyclable," arguing that the plaintiffs again fail to plead the phrase is false or misleading.

  4. December 12, 2022

    Coca-Cola Faces Retooled Suit Over '100% Recyclable' Bottles

    A proposed class of consumers and the Sierra Club on Friday took a second shot at holding the Coca-Cola Co. and other bottling companies liable for alleged greenwashing by advertising their single-use plastic water bottles as "100% recyclable," when in fact they are not.

  5. November 21, 2022

    Coca-Cola Beats '100% Recyclable' Dasani Suit, For Now

    A California federal judge on Friday granted Coca-Cola Co.'s bid to dismiss a consolidated suit from the Sierra Club and some consumers accusing its Dasani brand and other beverage companies of falsely marketing their water bottles as "100% recyclable," finding that the complaint fails the "common sense" test.

  6. January 03, 2022

    Biggest Environmental Cases To Watch In 2022

    Courts across the country will wrestle with important environmental litigation in 2022, from a Clean Air Act case at the U.S. Supreme Court that has the potential to break new ground on how greenhouse gases may be regulated to a variety of Clean Water Act lawsuits.

  7. September 30, 2021

    Coke Wants To Throw Away '100% Recyclable' Dasani Suits

    Coca-Cola Co. has urged a California federal judge to throw out two lawsuits accusing it and other beverage companies of deceiving consumers by falsely marketing Dasani water bottles as "100% Recyclable," arguing those behind the lawsuits cannot sue since they never claimed they were harmed by the labels.

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